Vaios Triantafyllou | Pray for Paris, pray for the world
(11/16/15 6:05am)
On Nov. 13, the world witnessed in disgrace the bombings and shootings in Paris for which the Islamic State claimed responsibility.
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Vaios Triantafyllou | Aristotle shaking his head
(11/07/15 7:03am)
The United States, similar to other large Western economies, is driven by the financial sector. What is especially peculiar about this sector is that, for the most part, it transforms money into more money without the production of any goods during the process.
Vaios Triantafyllou | Freedom has no borders
(10/24/15 11:00am)
In early March of this year, I was returning to the United States from a seven-day “People to People” trip to Cuba when I was “randomly” searched at Miami International Airport.
Vaios Triantafyllou | Papacy under the microscope
(10/03/15 5:20am)
Last week, during the pope’s visit to Philadelphia, much of the city was forced to shut down (as happened in New York and Washington, D.C.). The events took place despite the existing separation between church and state and the fact that less than a fourth of U.S. citizens are Catholic. Two parades were organized producing the “largest security operation in U.S. history,” according to The Washington Post.
Vaios Triantafyllou | ?Master's in wrecking your mental health
(09/19/15 4:30pm)
Before I had finished my first week as a graduate student at Penn, the front page of The Daily Pennsylvanian featured a story on the issue of campus mental health, a topic also discussed during freshman convocation. As I read through the article, I had a flashback to my early days at Harvard. It seemed strange to me then to listen to upperclassmen talk — though bravely — about mental health issues they had been facing. I could not imagine that such problems would exist in an Ivy League environment, which I believed promoted a balance between academic excellence and physical and mental health.